Modern Weights and Measurements of Leopards

[Balam]

(03-30-2021, 12:25 PM)Luipaard Wrote:

(03-29-2021, 03:31 PM)Balam Wrote: @Pckts et al, remember how I've been saying for the longest that the supposed 115 kg Persian leopard weight was not valid? Well it turns out that the "random Facebook posts" as some individual tried to dismiss them were right. I contacted Dr. Farhadinia who wrote the paper on the weights on Persian leopard to know why the 115 kg male was discarded from the sample, and he confirmed what I've been saying for the longest, the weight was wrong! There is no such a thing as a 115 kg leopard, it weighed 95 kg:

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This should have been obvious to anyone with basic understanding of how to interpret on research paper, but nonetheless here we are.

Oh and one more thing, the supposed 90 kg male from this paper: 

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Was in fact a sub-adult that was completely gorged and by no means would've weighed 90 kg on an empty belly, 60 kg at best. It came from a news report, no different than the jaguar that supposedly weighed 140 kg that was ran over by a car:

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So we can confidently discard those two weights.

I'd like to see the full conversation rather than just a screenshot + his email. Fact is that Iman Memarian is the wildlife veterinarian who was involved in the capture and speaks of a male around 100kg rather than 95kg. Why would he round it off if he has the supposed exact number?

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https://www.facebook.com/Iman.Memarian/media_set?set=a.3799844411189&type=3
https://www.facebook.com/Iman.Memarian/media_set?set=a.3823002710132&type=3

Second, I am that 'individual' and you know this very well so next time just mention my name like you otherwise always do. This mocking is unnecessary.

This is embarrassing even for you, you were holding on a thin thread about that leopard weighing supposedly 115 kg because it was mentioned on a paper but only because it was discarded, removed from the sample in that paper. Since your bias clouds your critical thinking here is the writer of that paper telling you directly that weight was incorrect and was dismissed it for that same reason and you keep pushing for it.

Memarian didn't say anything about that leopard weighing 115 kg so that isn't adding to your case, and furthermore, he speaks of a leopard of around 100 kg, i.e close to the benchmark of 100 kg, and what is close to that? 95 kg!

Since the Persian Leopard Project and the writer of the paper confirming this leopard in fact weighed 95 and NOT 115 kg is not enough for you, here is Kaveh Hatami who also works for Persian leopards conservation also confirming that weight:

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Oh and please save the dramatics, considering you're still acting a fool over at Carnivora mentioning me unprovoked because there is where you get brave. Reply